Capbase
Incorporation, cap tables, equity and corporate governance. Acquired from Deel in October 2025.
JesseTinsley
I buy durable software businesses, rebuild them around AI, and hold them.
Founder/Operator/Investor/Acquirer/Portfolio builder
Selling a business? Start hereThe thesis
Why a recruiting founder ended up building financial infrastructure.
Most software companies that stall out are not broken. They have real customers, real revenue and no path to an exit, so their investors write them down and their operators run out of room. I buy those companies, put them on one shared platform, and rebuild the back office around AI.
What started as recruiting is now the other half of running a company: incorporation, cap tables, payroll, bookkeeping, tax credits, banking and spend. Founders should not have to assemble that from twelve vendors.
“When we originally started Employer.com and then bought Bench, the overarching theme is basically automating an end-to-end platform for the G Suite for the business back office.”
Mainstreet
Bookkeeping, accounting and R&D tax credits for small businesses. Formed from Bench, MainStreet and Dough.
Recruiter.com
Recruiting platform and recruiter network, now with Feenyx skills assessment built in.
BountyJobs
Contingent search marketplace connecting employers to third-party recruiters.
Go deeper
The proof, the method, and the long-form conversations.
Proof
The record
Every acquisition in order, with the terms that were made public, the press that covered them, and a source for each figure.
8 acquisitions2012 to 2026MethodThe playbook
The six rules behind every deal on the record, plus the M&A Deal Room: live weekly sessions, the full archive and a monthly written breakdown.
6 rulesDeal RoomIn his wordsListen
The show, plus every long-form interview worth an hour of your time, from the Bench rescue to the TikTok bid.
12 interviewsSubscribeSelling a software business?
Send it directly. $2M to $50M in revenue, profitable or close to it, with real customers. We close fast and we do not need a bank.
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X is the fastest way. It is where most of these deals started.
X
Deal notes, portfolio updates and arguments about M&A, in real time. 35K followers and the channel I actually use.
@JesseTinsleyLonger writing on operating companies, AI in the back office and what happens after an acquisition closes.
FollowBook time
Paid one-to-one sessions for founders working through an acquisition, a sale or a turnaround.
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